PHOTOS: U.S. Senate Debate

PHOTOS: U.S. Senate Debate

Excitement building for the KITV/Civilbeat.com U.S. Senate debate at the KITV studio!

Team Mazie was out in force in front of One Archer Lane.

The Lingle 2012 campaign also made themselves seen and heard on South King Street.

The control room gets ready for the debate.

Forty minutes before the debate, the crew makes last-minute arrangements in the studio.

View from the panelists' desk.

Paula Akana's point of view.

Former governor Linda Lingle prepares for the debate.

Everyone got in place two minutes before the debate started.

Mazie Hirono gives her opening statement.

A bird-eye view of the debate.

Lara Yamada and Neal Milner went through viewers' questions on the Live Wire discussion, as well as Twitter and Facebook.

Lara Yamada also did reports on the air.

Assignment Editor Brooks Baehr watches the debate from his desk.

Linda Lingle takes notes while Mazie Hirono speaks during the debate.

Behind the studio camera.

A view of our panel from left to right: KITV's Andrew Pereira and Catherine Cruz and Chad Blair from Civilbeat.com.

Closing statements by the candidates.

After the debate.

A happy group of panelists!

Paula Akana joins Andrew Pereira, Catherine Cruz and Chad Blair.

The former governor accused the congresswoman of doing little to help the state.

"Your entire record of missed votes is twice that of your typical congressional colleague. How can you look our citizens in the eye and claim that your poor attendance and lack of results reflect the local value of hard work?" asked Lingle.

"This is yet another misleading attack on the part of my Republican opponent," responded Hirono.

And as the hour flew by, the attacks kept coming.

"Who can forget Furlough Fridays on her watch or the Superferry fiasco? Or the fact that 2,000 jobs were lost when Aloha Airlines went under -- direct jobs -- while [Lingle] sat on her hands," said Hirono.

"It's just too risky to send my opponent to the Senate. [Hirono]'s not a strong leader, has no history of getting things done and doesn't work well with others," said Lingle.

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